Apparatus for dispensing congealed or solid substances.



A. STAPLBR.

APPARATUS FOR DISPENSING OONGEALED 0R SOLID SUBSTANCES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 8, 1910.

1,089,683, Patented Mar. 10, 1914 Wrmesszs INYEN'TOR UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER STAPLER, OF CHARLOTTENBURG, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO THE FIRM OFOJA .AKTIEN'GESELLSCHAFT, OF BERLIN, GERMANY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 10, 1914.

' Application filed November 8, 1910. Serial No. 591,254.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER STAPLER, a subject of the Emperor ofAustria-Hungary, residing at Charlottenburg, in the Kingdom of Prussia,Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatusfor Dispensing Congealed or Solid Substances; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertainsto'make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in an apparatus or holder in theform of a watch charm for dispensing congealed or solid substances, suchas blocks of perfumes, fats, ointments, andthe like, which areto beapplied to a surface, such for example as the skin of a person, afabric, etc. And the object of the improvements is to provide anapparatus or holder which. is convenient and economical in use, andwhich when out of use is always closed and ready foruse;

With this and other objects in view my improved apparatus or holderconsists of a receptacle of any suitable form and a shiftable closingand dispensing body or bodies which by being shifted is adapted topresent varying parts of its surface to the inner side of the receptacleand in contact with the substance, and to the outside, so that thesubstance adhering to the body is applied to the skin or fabric to betreated. In the preferred construction, the closing and dispensing bodyconsists-of a rotary body which in any position closes the receptacle.

For the purpose of explaining the invention-an example embodying thesame has been shown in the accompanying drawing in which a longitudinalsection of the apparatus in shown in Figure 1 and a modification in Fig.2.

Referring to the example illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawing myimproved dispensing apparatus consists of a single receptacle a of anysuitable form which is adapted to receive the congealed or solidsubstance to be applied to the skin or to a fabric or the like. Intheexample shown the said substance consists of a congealed or solid massin the form of a smallblock b. At one end, the receptacle is closed by ashiftable dispensing body 0 of glass or other suitable material, whichis so disposed within the mouth of the receptacle that it can not fallout of the same while it is easily shiftable therein. In the exampleshown in which the closing and dispensing body is in the form of asphere the mouth is of spherical form, and its outer diameter is smallerthan that of the sphere. At its rear end the receptacle is closed by ascrew plug 0 which may be provided with a ring or the like by means ofwhich the apparatus can conveniently be attached as a watch charm to awatch chain or the like. Within the receptacle, and between the screwplug 6 and the substance .7) a spring d is located by means of which thesubstance 2) is held in contact with the rotary body a. In case thesubstance is not sufiicient'ly congealed or solid to withstand thepressure of the spring a plunger may be interposed between the latterand the substance. After removing the plug 6 fro-1n the receptacle thesubstance contained thcrein can easily be removed or substituted by asubstance of the same or a different kind.

\Vhen using the apparatus the rotary body 0 is passed over the object.to be treated therewith so that it is turned by friction, an the innerportion of the rotary body is brought to the outside and the substanceKl- I wish it to be understood, that my invention is not limited to theembodiment shown in Fig. 1, and that various changes may be made thereinWithout departing from the gist of my invention. For example the form ofthe shiftable body a may be different from that shown. A suitablemodification consists in making the same of cylindrical form. Also themeans for holding the rotary body on the receptacle may be substitutedby other means. For example the rotary body, whether spherical orcylindrical, Or of another form, may be mounted on pivots secured to thereceptacle a or to the rotary body, or on a pivot pin which extends en-'tirely through a bore of the said rota y body as shown in Fig. 2. Alsothe means for forcing the substance I) in contact with the rotary bodymay be made in a different form. For example the substance may be forcedin contact with the rotary body by screwing a plug similar to the plug 6into the receptacle. And in some cases it may entirely be dispensedwith. It should also be understood, that instead of a single rotary bodya a plurality thereof might be used as shown in Fig. 2. As a closing anddispensing element I prefer to use a sphere, because thereby the mouthof the receptacle is always closed, and-the latter can be moved over thesurface to be treated in any direci tion. I

I claim herein as my invention:

1. In an apparatus for applying congealed or solid substances such asblocks of perfumes, ointments, fats, and the like to a surface, thecombination with a receptacle for said substance having, a mouth and aseat bounding the same and forming a hollow spherical zone, of a ball ofnon-corrosive material on said seat arranged to yieldingly close saidmouth and adapted to contact wit the substance within sald receptacleand to be passed over said surface and to be rotated thereby and whenrotated to present varying side of the receptacle and to the outside,and means operative in any position of the receptacle to press saidsubstance in contact with said ball.

2. In an apparatus for applying congealed or solid substances such asblocks of perfumes, ointments, fats, and the like to a surface, thecombination with a receptacle for said substance having a mouth and aseat bounding thesame and forming a hollow spherical zone, of a ball ofnon-corrosive material on said seat arranged to yieldingly close saidvmouth and adapted to contact with the substance within said receptacleportions of its surface to the inner and to be passed over said surfaceand to be rotated thereby and when rotated to present varying portionsof its surface to the inner side of the receptacle and to the outside,and a spring within said receptacle arranged for engagement with thesubstance within the receptacle and adapted to force the same in contactwith said ball and said ball in contact with'its seat.

3. In an apparatus for applying congealed or solid substances such asblocks of perfumes, ointments, fats, and the like to a sur face, thecombination with a receptacle for said substance having a mouth and aseat bounding the same and forming a hollow spherical zone, of a ball ofnon-corrosive material on said seat arranged to yieldingly close saidmouth and adapted to contact with the substance within said receptacleand to be passed over said surface and to be rotated thereby and whenrotated to present varyin portions of its surface to the inner side ofthe receptacle and to the outside, means operative in any position ofthe receptacle to press said substance in contact with said ball andsuspending means connected with said receptacle.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

ALEXANDER STAPLER.

Witnesses HENRY HAsrnR, \VoLDnMAR HAUPT.

